legislative branch employees

legislative branch employees Sec. 214. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, each officer or employee in or under the legislative branch of the Government, whose rate of compensation is increased by section 5 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1946, shall be paid additional compensation at the rate of 4.5 per centum of his gross rate of compensation (basic compensation plus additional compensation authorized by law). (b) The total annual compensation in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this section of each officer or employee of the House of Representatives, whose compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives and is not increased by reason of any other provision of this section, shall be increased by 4.5 per centum. 81 Stat. 636 (c) The rates of compensation of employees of the House of Representatives whose compensation is fixed by the House Employees Schedule under the House Employees Position Classification Act (78 Stat. 1079–1084; Public Law 88–G52; 2 U.S.C. 291–303), including each employee subject to such Act whose compensation is fixed at a saved rate, are hereby increased by amounts equal, as nearly as may be practicable, to the increases provided by subsection (a) of this section. (d) Except as provided in the last sentence of section 218(a) of this title, the additional compensation provided by this section shall be considered a part of basic pay for the purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, relating to civil service retirement. (e) The per annum rate of compensation of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall be the same as the per annum rate of compensation of the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives. (f) This section shall not apply with respect to the compensation of student congressional interns and the compensation of employees whose compensation is fixed by the House Wage Schedule under the House Employees Position Classification Act. (g) The annual rate of gross compensation of each officer or employee whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, and the annual rate of gross compensation of each telephone operator on the United States Capitol telephone exchange and each member of the Capitol Police whose compensation is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, (1) is increased by 4.5 per centum, and (2) as so increased shall be adjusted, effective the first day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act, to the nearest multiple of $188. (h) In any case in which the rate of compensation of any officer, employee, or position, or class of officers, employees, or positions, the compensation for which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, or any minimum or maximum rate with respect to such officer, employee, position, or class is referred to in or provided by statute or Senate resolution, such statutory provision or resolution shall be deemed to refer to the rate which an officer or employee subject to the provisions of subsection (g) receiving such rate immediately prior to the effective date of such subsection would be entitled (without regard to such statutory provision) to receive on and after such date. As used in this subsection and subsection (g), the term “officer” does not include a Senator. (i) The annual rate of gross compensation of each employee in the office of a Senator shall be adjusted, effective on the first day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act, to the lowest multiple of $188 which is not lower than the rate such employee was receiving immediately prior thereto, except that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply in the case of any employee if on or before the fifteenth day following the date of enactment of this Act, the Senator by whom such employee is employed notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in writing that he does not wish such provisions to apply to such employee. No employee whose rate of compensation is adjusted under this subsection shall receive an increase under subsection (g) for any period prior to the effective date of such adjustment during which such employee was employed in the office of the Senator by whom he is employed on the first day of the month following the enactment of this Act. No increase shall be paid to any person under subsection (g) for any period prior to the first day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act during which such person was employed in the office of a Senator 81 Stat. 637(other than the Senator by whom he is employed on such day) unless on or before the fifteenth day following the date of enactment of this Act such Senator notifies the disbursing office of the Senate in writing that he wishes such employee to receive such additional compensation for such period. In any case in which, at the expiration of the time within which a Senator may give notice under this subsection, such Senator is deceased, such notice shall be deemed to have been given. An increase under this subsection in the compensation of an employee in the office of a Senator for any period prior to the first day of the month following the date of enactment of this Act shall be made without regard to the clerk hire allowance of such Senator. (j) Section 105(a) (1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, is amended by striking out “$180” and inserting in lieu thereof “$188”. (k) Section 105(d) (1) of such Act is amended by striking out the table and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “$199,280 if the population of his State is less than 3,000,000; “$212,440 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000; “$223,720 if such population is 4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000; “$234,060 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000; “$245,340 if such population is 7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000; “$258,500 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000; “$271,660 if such population is 10,000,000 but less than 11,000,000; “84,820 if such population is 11,000,000 but less than 12,000,000; “$297,980 if such population is 12,000,000 but less than 13,000,000; “11,140 if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 15,000,000; “$324,300 if such population is 15,000,000 but less than 17,000,000; “$338,400 if such population is 17,000,000 or more.” (l) Section 105 of such Act is amended by striking out “$1,080”, “$6,120”, “$10,620”, “$10,800”, “$14,220”, “$14,400”, “$15,660”, “$15,840”, “$18,180”, “$22,320”, “$23,400”, and “$24,480” wherever they appear in such section and inserting in lieu thereof “$1,128”, “$6,392”, “$11,092”, “$11,280”, “$14,852”, “$15,040”, “$16,356”, “$16,544”, “$18,988”, “$23,812”, “$24,440”, and “$25,568”, respectively. (m) The limitation on gross rate per hour per person provided by applicable law on the effective date of this section with respect to the folding of speeches and pamphlets for the Senate is hereby increased by 4.5 per centum. The amount of such increase shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent. The provisions of subsection (g) shall not apply to employees whose compensation is subject to such limitation, or to employees referred to in the last proviso in the second paragraph under the heading “SENATE” in the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948. (n) The first sentence of section 106(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, as amended (2 U.S.C. 60j), is amended by striking out “$540” and inserting in lieu thereof “$564”. (o) Section 5533(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(c) (1) Unless otherwise authorized by law, appropriated funds are not available for payment to an individual of pay from more than one position if the pay of one of the positions is paid by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or one of the positions is under the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and if— 81 Stat. 638 “(A) the pay of one or more of the positions is fixed at a single gross per annum rate, and the aggregate gross pay from the positions exceeds $6,256 a year, or “(B) the pay of each such position is fixed at a basic rate plus additional compensation authorized by law, and the aggregate basic pay of the positions exceeds $2,000 a year. “(2) For the purpose of this subsection, ‘gross pay’ means the annual rate of pay (or equivalent thereof in the case of an individual paid on other than an annual basis) received by an individual, and, in the case of an individual receiving basic pay plus additional compensation provided by law, includes the aggregate amount received as basic and additional compensation, but does not include sums received as premium pay under subchapter V of this chapter.”. (p) The third paragraph under the heading “Office of the Architect of the Capitol” and the subheading “Salaries” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 (73 Stat. 407), is amended by striking out “$7,700” and inserting in lieu thereof “$8,200”.